Since the beginning of February, the snowflakes have been drifting for ten days in succession, Mo Ziyao stood in front of the window and looked at the white snow outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: It's really fast, another year has passed. The door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and the cold air outside the window slipped in mischievously by the wind, Mo Ziyao couldn't help but tighten the mink coat on her body and turned her head to look.

I saw Zhao Zhao walking in with a bowl of steaming soup, and before he entered the inner room, he began to shout: "Second lady, the slave maid has brought you soup." ”

"Come in, you have become a big girl and are still so careless, the descendants of that family dare to marry you in the future?" Turning back to his seat, Mo Ziyao lazily held her cheeks with her hands, looking at Zhaozhao who jumped in.

After putting down the soup in his hand, Zhao Zhao sat opposite Mo Ziyao and said with a smile: "Second lady, Zhao Zhao doesn't want to get married, people will follow the second lady to serve you in this life." ”

"Silly girl, just talking nonsense, how can there be a girl who doesn't marry when she reaches the marriageable age, then she won't be an old girl. Mo Ziyao picked up the soup spoon and put a small half bowl in front of him, and then pushed the rest of the soup in front of Zhao Zhao.

The master and servant sat together boredly drinking the slightly hot soup, and after Mo Ziyao tasted it, her eyebrows frowned slightly, raised her head and asked, "Is today's soup made by Aunt Zhang?"

Zhao Zhao raised his head, still had some soup hanging on his mouth, shook his head and said, "Today's soup is made by the master himself, saying that it is for you and the eldest lady to warm up." I heard Aunt Zhang say that the old man ran out early in the morning to buy materials, and came back and was busy in the back kitchen for two hours before they were done. ”

"This guy, it's really hard for him, he is not afraid of catching a cold and getting sick when he goes out early in the morning. Although Mo Ziyao complained, there was always a smile on her face.

At this time, in the east wing room opposite, Shi Hanshuang kept running around the house with soup, shouting as he ran: "Mu Mu, don't rob me, I'll share half of you, okay?"

"Big lady, don't run around, can you sit down and eat together, it's rare for the master to cook in person, and the slave and maid also want to taste it." Mu Mu shouted while chasing behind.

Hearing that it was Chu Mofeng's own soup, Shi Hanshuang hurriedly stopped, put the soup back on the table and looked at it carefully, Mu Mu saw that his master suddenly put down the soup, he felt very surprised in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Big lady, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, do you know when the master got up?" Shi Hanshuang shook his head, beckoned Mu Mu to sit down, personally filled her with a bowl of soup and put it in front of her, and then filled a small bowl of soup and slowly stirred it with a spoon.

Mu Mu shook his head and said, "The slave only knows that after the master made soup for two hours, he left the mansion and went to the Li Mansion next door. ”

"At this time, when I went to the Li Mansion next door, I was either eating or drinking, or something big happened, hey, I hope I think too much. Looking at the snowflakes that were still falling outside the window, Shi Hanshuang sighed softly.

Chu Mofeng, who said that he had finished making soup for his own lady, was about to personally bring it to the two rooms, but he heard a report from the next person that the Li Mansion next door invited him to hurry over the house, and in desperation, Chu Mofeng had to tell Aunt Zhang in the back kitchen to inform the maids in the two rooms to come and go to the soup in person, and then hurriedly changed his clothes and hurriedly walked towards the Li Mansion.

After coming to the Li Mansion, the housekeeper personally came out to welcome Chu Mofeng in, and when he walked to the side hall, he saw Li Shimin running over in a hurry, and said to Chu Mofeng: "Brother Chu, today's urgent invitation is because something big has happened, let's talk while walking." After speaking, he made a gesture of invitation to Chu Mofeng, and led Chu Mofeng towards the main hall.

When they came to the main hall, the two of them sat down, and after the next person served tea, Li Shimin shouted outside the door: "Everyone is ten feet away from the main hall, if anyone is found to be eavesdropping, they will be killed." ”

I only heard a burst of echoing voices from outside the door, and after a burst of footsteps, there was no sound outside the door, and Li Shimin hurriedly told Chu Mofeng what had happened.

It turned out that just recently, Liu Wuzhou, the captain of Yingyang in Mayi County, under the rule of Taiyuan County, killed Taishou and gathered more than 10,000 soldiers, wanting to collude with the Turks, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui was furious after learning about it, and the news came from within the imperial court, Emperor Yang of Sui intended to order Li Yuan to go to the expedition, but after a big battle with Zhen Zhai'er before, the veterans with experience in the battle were lacking in the eyes, and the Li father and son were afraid that the recruits would suffer heavy casualties for the first time, and were planning how to avoid the expedition.

After listening to Li Shimin's narration, Chu Mofeng picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, and then said with a smile: "Then Brother Shimin and Uncle Shimin mean that we are going to go out again?

"No, Brother Chu, you misunderstood, after the incident with Miss Ruolan last time, my father has already warned me again and again, warning me not to let Brother Chu and your partner put themselves in danger. Li Shimin hurriedly waved his hand when he heard Chu Mofeng's words, and then said slowly: "This time, I want to ask Brother Chu if he can go to Mayi County, just to help me find out the news." ”

"It's not impossible, but what is the purpose of what are you doing this?" As soon as he heard that he was going to inquire about the news, Chu Mofeng secretly sketched out the candidate in his heart, "What's more, sometimes the news that the front foot probed is likely to change in a blink of an eye." ”

"Actually, what I discussed with my father is that if the imperial court orders us to go to the levy, then we can also use the lack of soldiers as an excuse to let the imperial court allocate more money and grain, after all, the harvest in Taiyuan has not been very good over the years, and my father followed my advice not only did not raise taxes, but secretly lowered some of them, and the vacant part has been paid by the government. ”

When Chu Mofeng heard Li Shimin's words, he couldn't help but be stunned, only to see Li Shimin pick up the teacup and pour a few cups of water one after another, and then slowly said: "The allocated money is reserved for salary, pension, land reclamation and other affairs, while the grain is to leave a certain share of military rations and distribute it to the people under his rule. ”

Hearing this, Chu Mofeng understood the true intentions of the Li family and his son, and said with a smile: "Brother Shimin means that I need to report the situation more tragically, so that the imperial court will have to allocate some more money and food at one time." Am I right?"

Li Shimin nodded, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of admiration to Chu Mofeng, and then said: "I really can't hide anything from Brother Chu, since I guessed our intentions, I don't know what Brother Chu wants?"

"Slow, I have conditions for going out this time, you listen first and then decide if you need us to go on this mission. Chu Mofeng waved his hand and said to Li Shimin: "We don't want the money, you help me prepare three pairs of military bows and crossbows, one hundred crossbow arrows, and two hundred thistles terrestris, and send someone to inform me when I am ready." ”

Originally, he thought that Chu Mofeng wanted the lion to ask for money and land, but who knew that he just asked for some materials that were standing in the army in peacetime, which was not a problem for Li Shimin at all, and it was not even necessary to ask Li Yuan for advice.

I saw Li Shimin nodding and said: "Brother Chu, don't worry, brother, I will be ready within three days, and I hope that Brother Chu will be able to keep his promise." ”

"Don't worry, I'll take someone to set off when the goods arrive, and I'll definitely give you the news that satisfies you. Chu Mofeng stood up and nodded, clasped his fists at Li Shimin and said, "Then this matter is settled, I will leave first." After saying that, he turned around and opened the door and left the main hall, walking towards the door of the house.

Looking at Chu Mofeng's back, Li Shimin raised his head and shouted coldly: "Come on, go to the army to prepare according to what I wrote, and I will go to test it in a few days." After speaking, he took up the pen and transcribed Chu Mofeng's request onto a piece of paper and handed it to the person who entered the door.

After returning to the house, Li Shimin came to the door of Liu Feiyan and Gu Zhen'er's room, and shouted softly: "Feiyan, Zhen'er, are you in the house? ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw the door of the house slowly open, and Gu Zhen'er stood at the door and waved to Chu Mofeng and said, "Let's talk about it in the house." After speaking, he lured Chu Mofeng in.

After coming to the house and sitting down, Liu Feiyan came over and asked, "Brother Chu, has something big happened?"

Chu Mofeng nodded, and then said Li Shimin's words word for word, after listening to Chu Mofeng's narration, Liu Feiyan frowned and said: "Then that Liu Wuzhou really colluded with the Turks? If this is the case, then it is not too much to kill this person ten thousand times." ”

At this time, Gu Zhen'er on the side stood up and said to Chu Mofeng, "Brother Feng, do you need our help this time?"

"Well, I don't want to take too many people this time, after all, too many people are too eye-catching, this time according to you, me and the three of you can go out for a trip. ”

Gu Zhen'er couldn't help but cheer happily when she heard this: "Okay, I can finally follow Brother Feng on a solo mission again, so let's leave immediately?" After speaking, Gu Zhen'er walked straight to her bed, humming a song and began to pack her bags.

Chu Mofeng and Liu Feiyan, who was skipped by Gu Zhen'er on the side, supported their foreheads at the same time, only to hear Liu Feiyan say: "Then Brother Chu, let's set off appropriately?"

"Don't worry, wait until Li Shimin's kid brings me what I want, you will prepare a little in the next few days, and we can leave once the goods are in hand." After waving his hand at Liu Feiyan, Chu Mofeng stood up and walked outside the house.

Seeing Chu Mofeng leave, Liu Feiyan walked up to Gu Zhen'er and looked at her head with a burst of chest, "You are stupid, your good brother is gone." ”

Gu Zhen'er rubbed her slightly aching head and said with a smile: "Cousin, I'm not stupid, I heard what you just said, and people are waiting for Brother Feng to come and shout in person before setting off." After saying that, he began to pack his things again.

At dinner in the evening, Chu Mofeng told everyone about his decision, according to Chu Mofeng, Ruolan needs to continue to recuperate, and Qin Jing has been eating and living with Ruolan, and it is more convenient to take care of it; After hearing this, none of them raised objections, and they all expressed their respect for Chu Mofeng's decision.

It was only half past the deadline promised by Li Shimin, and someone from the Li Mansion came to tell Chu Mofeng to go to the Li Mansion to accept the goods, and after coming to the Li Mansion, he saw Li Shimin standing in front of a large wooden box, looking at Chu Mofeng with a smile.

Chu Mofeng stepped forward to open the wooden box, only to see three pairs of bows and crossbows glowing with bursts of woody fragrance lying quietly in the box, and next to them were the crossbow arrows and thistles that Chu Mofeng wanted. After smiling and closing the wooden box,

Chu Mofeng raised his head and said to Li Shimin: "Brother Shimin, brother, I will leave tomorrow, and then we will exchange news in the form of flying pigeons." ”

After saying that, Chu Mofeng left the Li Mansion with the wooden box, and the three people who were ready to go in the early morning of the second day turned over and galloped away in the direction of Mayi County......